Over 200 herdsmen and 2 million cattle have been killed - Fulani group alleges
Despite allegations of mass killings leveled against Fulani herdsmen in the country, particularly the recent killings in Benue, the association of the herdsmen, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, has also raised alarms that its members are being killed.
The secretary general of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, said on a TV show that members of the herdsmen group are being killed.
Lauretta Onochie, the personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, twitted Ngelzarma's statement:
"As at today, we have lost over 200 herdsmen and 2 million cattle...."
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Legit.ng previously reported that the umbrella body group of Fulani herdsmen, Mobgal Ho*re Fulbe, Nigeria, alleged that Fulani herdsmen are being killed in Numan and Demsa local government areas of Adamawa state.
The group said this in a meeting on Tuesday, January 2, in Yola.
It urged the federal government to take urgent steps to stop the killings, claiming that that over 4,000 herdsmen and their families displaced along the River Banks in Numan and Demsa, following the crisis between them and Bachama tribe, were now returning to their bases.
Meanwhile, according to another earlier report by Legit.ng, the federal government reacted to Fulani herdsmen attacks in Benue state and some other parts of the country.
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The federal government assured Nigerians that it will not condone further attacks by herdsmen.
Legit.ng gathered that the minister of interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), gave the assurance on Monday, January 8, at a meeting with some state governors in Abuja.
Dambazau said President Muhammadu Buhari remained committed to ensuring peace in every part of the country.
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Source: Legit.ng
